It's Like That (Run-D.M.C. song)

"It's Like That"
Single by Run-D.M.C.
from the album Run-D.M.C.
B-side	"Sucker M.C.'s"
Released	1983 (1983)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:51 (7-inch) 7:25 (12-inch)
Label	Profile
Songwriter(s)	Darryl McDaniels Joseph Simmons Larry Smith
Producer(s)	Russell Simmons Larry Smith
Run-D.M.C. singles chronology
"It's Like That" (1983) "Hard Times" (1983)
Alternative release
12-inch US retail vinyl release

"It's Like That" is the debut single of American hip hop group Run-D.M.C., released in 1983 by Profile Records. The song was remixed by house DJ Jason Nevins in 1997. His version was originally released in 1997 on 10-inch vinyl in the United States and became a sleeper hit in 1998. It sold around five million copies worldwide, placing it amongst the biggest selling singles of all time. In 2008, it was ranked number 40 on VH1's "100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs".^[1]